The Trip to Bountiful
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An elderly woman trapped in a cramped Houston apartment with her nagging daughter-in-law escapes to make one last trip to Bountiful, the small Texas town of her youth.
Why watch: Geraldine Page won the Oscar on her eighth nomination. Horton Foote adapted his own teleplay.
Cast
Geraldine Page as Mrs. Carrie Watts
John Heard as Ludie Watts
Carlin Glynn as Jessie Mae
Richard Bradford as Sheriff
Rebecca De Mornay as Thelma
Kevin Cooney as Roy
Harvey Lewis as Second Bus Ticket Man
Gil Glasgow as Stationmaster Gerard
Kirk Sisco as Train Ticket Agent
Crew
Peter Masterson — Director
Horton Foote — Screenplay
Horton Foote — Producer
Sam Grogg — Executive Producer
Sterling Van Wagenen — Producer
George Yaneff — Executive Producer
Fred Murphy — Director of Photography
Jay Freund — Editor
Neil Spisak — Production Design
Philip Lamb — Art Direction
Gary Jones — Costume Design
J.A.C. Redford — Original Music Composer
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